LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven…” (Matthew 5:43-45, the Holy Bible).

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OFW WANTS TO BE BEHEADED NOW: It maybe a bad joke, or a sign of grave desperation that no one from the Philippines appear to care about his impending beheading in Saudi Arabia, but overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Dondon Celestino Lanuza is now requesting Filipino officials, through his Facebook account, to ask Saudi authorities to behead him already.

Lanuza, who claims he has been in jail for more than 10 years or so already waiting for his death sentence to be carried out, said in his latest FB posting: “I’m requesting the Philippine Government to request the KSA to BEHEAD me ASAP! Wala din naman pumapansin sa panawagan ko sa kanila! Hirap na hirap na ako!” -ooo-

WHO SAYS ROSALES IS SYNDICATE PROTECTOR? If there was no military report linking Police General Roberto “Boysie” Rosales to any carjacking-cum-murder syndicate, where did the Philippine Daily Inquirer get its story naming Rosales and another ranking police officer as protectors of the supposed crime ring?

I am sure that the Inquirer reporter who wrote the story got his news somewhere, or from someone, although considering the present state of the law in the Philippines right now about naming a reporter’s sources of stories, Rosales may find it difficult to pry into the identity of his accusers so he could sue them later.

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ERAP PAID FOR REYES’ BYPASS OPERATION? Former Navy Commodore Rex Robles, a key leader of the 1986 Reform the Armed Forces Movement (RAM), dropped some bombshells during Monday’s Kapihan sa Diamond Hotel on the issue of military corruption during the time of former AFP chief of staff Angelo Reyes, disclosing that Reyes actually underwent a heart bypass operation during his term.

Robles claimed that Reyes managed to pay for his operation, and for the huge expenses for his subsequent recovery and rehabilitation, through money given him by former President Joseph Estrada. Yes, Robles said President Estrada gave Reyes money for his medical needs---the same president Reyes helped overthrow during EDSA II.

Veteran broadcaster Kit Kilatis tried to ask a question to clarify this matter further, but he was prevented from doing so when Sen. Edgardo J. Angara, one of the guests of the forum, arrived at the Kapihan and the attention of mediamen shifted to the lawmaker instead.

-ooo- PHYSICIANS VOW BIGGER SERVICE IN 2011: The Physicians for Peace Philippines, an affiliate of the Physicians for Peace USA, is strengthening its three principal programs---providing prosthesis to amputees, putting up an eye bank, and enabling those with eye defects to see more clearly through eye operations---in 2011, and would use these as a model for similar projects in other countries worldwide.

Dr. Juan Montero, the founder of both Physicians for Peace USA and its Philippine counterpart, said the Philippines, through its officers led by its 2011 Chairman of the Board Rob Lane and Executive Director Lyne Abanilla, proved that medical programs can be effectively given to the poor even in the face of great financial want for the program proponents.